Bill Text: NY A05085 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Authorizes a permissive referendum to be initiated by the local government or voters where a legislative body of a local government is amending or adopting local laws relating to the increase of taxes, fines, fees or surcharges pursuant to state legislative authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to local governments [A05085 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A05085-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5085
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 12, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Local Governments
       AN ACT to amend the municipal home rule law, in relation to  authorizing
         a permissive referendum where a legislative body of a local government
         is  amending  or adopting local laws relating to the increase of taxes
         pursuant to state legislative authority
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 24 of the municipal home rule law
    2  is amended by adding a new paragraph l to read as follows:
    3    L. IN THE CASE WHERE A LEGISLATIVE BODY  OF  A  GIVEN  UNIT  OF  LOCAL
    4  GOVERNMENT  IS  GRANTED  SPECIAL  AUTHORITY  BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO
    5  AMEND OR ADOPT LOCAL LAWS RELATING TO  THE  INCREASE  OF  TAXES,  FINES,
    6  FEES,  OR  SURCHARGES  AS  A FUNCTION OF A HOME RULE REQUEST MADE TO THE
    7  STATE LEGISLATURE BY SAID LEGISLATIVE BODY.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
    9  pending  amendments  or adoptions to local laws relating to the increase
   10  of taxes, fines, fees, or surcharges.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07048-01-5
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